Career
Born Giuseppe Porcelli in Naples, after graduating at the Istituto Tecnico Porelli became an employer of Ferrovie dello Stato, attending in his free time an amateur dramatics. In 1918 he left his job to accept an employment as a professional actor in the company of Irma Gramatica. Porelli later entered some of the most important stage companies of the time, specializing as sidekick in revue shows.
Active on films since 1926, he had an intense career as a character actor, mostly cast in roles of elegant and fashionable gentlemen in comedy films.